Bicycle package-carrier.



PATENTED JAN. '7, 1908.

W. H. REED. BICYCLE PACKAGE CARRIER.

APPLIGATION FILED MAY 10,1907.

WILLIAM H. REED, OF SAWTELLE, CALIFORNIA.

BICYCLE PACKAGE-CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 7, 1908.

Application filed May 10. 1907. Serial No. 372,852:

To all whom "it may concem:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. REED, a I bottom citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Saw telle, county of Los Angcles, State of(,alifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in BicyclePackage-Carriers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a package carrier for bicycles aid the objectthereof is to provide a package carrier which can be so secured upon thebicycle that it can be used as a handle bgll and to providte a covertherefor which wh'n desired can e locked and if desired thefront wheelof the bicycle can also be locked by the same locking means. Iaccomplish this object by the device described herein and illustrated inthe accompanying drawin s.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved package carrier in place ona bicycle with my locking device securing the cover on the carrier andlocking the bicycle at the same time. Fig. 2 is a plan of the carrierwith the manner of securing it on the bicycle shown in dotted lines.Fig. 3 is a section on the line se -93 of Fi 2. m nner in whichthe coveris secured to the body of the carrier.

In the drawings 6 is the front wheel of a bicycle and 7 is the frontfork thereof.

8 is an L-shaped handlebar stem secured in the front fork in theordinary 'manner in which is mounted the handle bar when the carrier 9is disconnected from said stem.

The carrier is preferably composed of a pressed sheet metal body 9 thetop of which 18 turned into the roll 10 to strengthen the top and toprovide a neat finish therefor. In order to make the carrier light thebody may be perforated by perforatlons 11 if desired thereby permittingthe use of heavier sheet metal in theforrnation of the body. The carriermay be of any desired confi uration but I prefer to have the rear sidestraight and to have the ends circular as shown in Fig. 2 as this shapeis both ornamental and useful and the carrier when removed from thebicycle can be'hung on the wall of a room thereby providing anornamental receptacle for papers or other articles. At each" end andjust below the rolled edge are apertures 12 which permit of theinsertion of the fingers therethrough so that the roll of the top of thebody may be used as a handle bar for guiding the bicycle. The metalwhich is cut out may be turned over the roll to re- Figs. 4 and 5 aredetails showing the 1 l l l l i inforce thesame, being cut away only atthe and ends from the other material. A cover 13 is secured upon the topof the body by hinges which are composed of the top members 14 and thebottom members 15. The bottom members 15 pass throu h slots 16 in thebody just below the roll at e top as best shown in Fig. 5. These membersare secured on the cover by bolts 17 which have wing nuts 18 forconvenience in securing the parts together and for adjusting the cover.These bolts pass through holes 19 in the members of the hinge andthrough elongated slots 20 in the cover, which slots provide means foradjusting the cover toward or fromthe front of the body. Between the nutand the lower .member of the hinge is a washer 21 to receive thefriction of the nut. At the front portion of the cover are securinghooks 22 wlnch are preferably riveted to the cover. These hooks when thecover is in place pass through apertures 23 formed in the body of thecarrier, the metal being pinched in at this point as best shown in Figs.2 and 4. Near the front edge of the cover it is provided with aperforation 24 through which the locking chain 25 passes.

The carrier is secured upon the handle barstcm by the expander bolt 26which secures the handle bar stem in the front fork, and bolts 27 whichpass through the bottom of the body and a short bar 28 which is securedin the handle bar stem 10 in the usual manner in place of the handlebars when they are removed. These bolts and bar and stem are shown indotted lines in Fig. 2 in plan, which shows that the carrier bottom iswell supported. Chain 25 is secured to a metal disk 29 having anaperture 30 therein. When'it is desired to lock the cover of thecarrier, chain 25 would be passed downwardly through aperture 24 in thecover and then outwardly through one of the perforations 11 of the body,when padlock 31 would be inserted in the last link comin r through thebody of the carrier, which would securely lock the cover thereon. Thissame method of locking the cover on the body can likewise be used whenthe carrier is detached from the bicycle. When it is desired to lock thebicycle as well as the carrier cover after the chain is passeddownwardly through the cover and out through a perforation through theside of the body it would be passed downwardl and around the rim of thewheel and then t e and link would be passed through one of the otherlinks and secured with a padlock, as'shown in Fig. 1, thereby securingthe wheel from being operated as well as looking the carrier. By puttingthe chain around the rim of the wheel and then passing it throughaperture 30 in the disk and then passing the chain around a post andpassing the end link through one of the other links and securing it withthe padlock the bicycle can be locked to for guiding the Wheel in theplace of the 0 'dii nary handle bar, and have simplified a1 rd cheapenedthe construction of the bicycle package carrier patented to ire March12,

1907, No. 846,695, by dispensing with the 2 frame work required forsupporting the wire structure forming the body of the carrier.

Having described my invention what I claim is;

1. A package carrierfor bicycles comprising a receptacle having the bodythereof formed of sheet metal, the top of which is rolled to form a toprim; a cover for said carrier; and means to lock the front wheel of thebicycle and the cover upon the body.

2. A package carrier for bicycles comprismg a receptacle having the bodytrfereof formed of sheet metal, the top of which is rolled to form a toprim; a cover for said carrier; hinges secured upon the rim andadjustably secured to said cover and revoluble on the rim of the body.

3. A package carrier for bicycles comprising a, receptacle having thebody thereof formed of sheet metal the top of which is rolled to form atop rim, said body having apertures below therim at the ends whereby thesame n1 ay be gripped by the rider; a cover for said carrier; and meansto lock'said cover to the body.

4. A package carrier for bicycles comprising a receptacle having thebody thereof formed of sheet metal, the top of which is -rolled to forma top rim; said bodyhaving apertures below the rim at theends wherebythe sane may be gripped by the rider said body being provided withperforations in the upper portion thereof; a cover for said carrierhaving a perforation near the front thereof; hinges secured upon the rimand adjustably secured upon said cover, said hinges being revoluble onsaid rim, and a locking device for said cover comprising a chain havinga disk secured on one end thereof, said disk having a perforationtherein, and a padlock. In witness that I claim the foregoing I havehereunto subscribed my name thls 2nd day of May, 1907.

\VILLIAM IT. REED.

Witnesses:

-G. E. HARPHAM,

S. B. AUSTIN.

